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Want to help children thrive online this year? Equip your students with essential digital skills this term.

The free Be Internet Legends programme gives teachers everything they need to help children aged 7-11 become safer, kinder, and more confident online. This includes full access to:

- Lesson packs
- A complete curriculum
- Interland - an immersive online game

Easy to use, fun to teach and free for schools - download now: https://parentzone.org.uk/beinternetlegends/curriculum/resources

Looking to empower families with stronger digital skills this term?

Everyday Digital is a national media literacy programme for professionals who support families. It’s designed to help parents build positive online habits that can be incorporated into their everyday routines.

Included in the programme:
- Self-guided professional training programme
- Professional resource toolkit including presentations, activities, games and a website widget
- Supportive practitioner community

Find out more: https://parentzone.org.uk/everydaydigital

Ready to bring media literacy activities into the classroom this new school year?

Empower your students to tackle online misinformation and toxic content like misogyny with the Be Internet Citizens media literacy programme. It’s free and gives you all you need to make an impact:

- 6 ready-to-use lesson plans
- Full toolkit & resources
- Free training workshops

Get started now: https://parentzone.org.uk/BeInternetCitizens

Back to school - Experience AI

Experience AI is a free professional training programme for educators, developed with the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Google DeepMind, to help you confidently teach AI and machine learning.

Professionals can access:

Free classroom resources - lesson plans, worksheets, and assessments ready to use.

Full day training - virtual, in-school, or face-to-face (with travel costs covered).

Guidance on AI fundamentals - including data-driven models, bias, and decision trees.

You don’t need to be a tech expert - Experience AI is designed for all educators, from STEM leads to those new to computing. Equip your students with the skills to understand and engage with AI this year at school.

Find out more: https://parentzone.org.uk/ExperienceAI

A new school year means fresh routines - and new digital challenges

Over the coming weeks, we’ll be sharing practical resources from our programmes that can help make the back-to-school period a confident one for families.

Whether you’re a teacher looking for classroom resources, a parent setting healthy tech boundaries, or a youth worker helping teens navigate tricky online situations, we have free, practical tools ready to use.

Follow along and explore how you can make this the best year yet.

We’re here to help with the digital side of parenting this summer.

Our simple “Rules, tools and conversations” approach can help your family get through the holidays without a summer of excessive and digital meltdowns for your child.

Check out our CEO Vicki Shotbolt’s short read below.

https://parentzone.org.uk/article/digital-parenting-summer-holidays

Whether you’re looking forward to a summer of family fun or dreading the holiday juggling act, we’re here to help with the digital side of things.

Our simple Rules, tools and conversations approach can help you get through the holidays without a summer of excessive and digital meltdowns for your child.

https://parentzone.org.uk/article/digital-parenting-summer-holidays

Our end of school year newsletter special spotlights resources for professionals to support families in the digital age.

Whether it’s or , we’ve got practical tools and expert advice to help.

Find out more and sign up for regular updates: https://mailchi.mp/parentzone/trainingandresources

“If we designed products and services to reduce online harm or support people when they experience it, what might this look like?”

In this guest blog post, Sarah Drummond Director of School of Good Services explores designing ways to identify in games.

https://parentzone.org.uk/article/designing-ways-identify-child-financial-harms-games

Our independently evaluated programme delivered a 45% increase in parents’ understanding of Media Literacy.

From avoiding scams or protecting their personal data, our network of Local Champion professionals are supporting parents to feel more confident and in control online.

Want to bring to your work?

Good news is we have a new offer coming. Sign up for updates:
parentzone.org.uk/everydaydigital